If a tool in the RC Tool Listing has a badge in the Status column (e.g. 
), and that grade is hyperlinked, it has been scored by the RC with a Report Card by the RC Technical Committee.
Report Cards provide:
- A summary assessment of tool-grade (e.g. research-grade
) and Riverscapes Compliance 
or Pending Riverscapes Compliance 
. - Evaluation of:
- Tool Interface(s)
- Scale
- Languages & Depenencies
- Vetting in Peer-Reviwed Literature
- Source Code Documentation
- Open Source
- Tool & Source Code Citeable
- User Documentation
- Easy User Interface
- Scalability
- Produces Riverscapes Project
- F-A-I-R Asessment of
- the metadata the tool produces
- the data the tool produces
- the tool itself
- Tool Output Utility
Explanation of Report Cards
The video below is an excerpt from a longer talk, but positioned where the concept of report cards for the RC are explained:
Requesting a Review
If you are the developer of a tool and you would like a review, please fill out this form.
For Reviewers
Reviewrs should follow the guidelines on here.